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I have two TiVo's at home (both currently unhacked) and one is a Pioneer DVD-R burner. As you know, I currently can't burn programs that were recorded on the second TiVo.

Without naming programs so I don't get flaimed, if I hacked my TiVos would I be able to burn the transfered programs? I'm not interested in burning them on a PC so even the TiVo2Go solution is not appealing to me. I bought this TiVo DVD-R for a reason....

It's pretty clear from what TiVo has said that the Pioneer won't record to DVD anything that wasn't recorded on that box because the on-disk format is different. Even if you use HMO to move shows from another S2, the moved shows won't transfer to DVD.

Thanks Robert and Steve, I know the current restriction in the TiVo software but was hoping to get a simple Yes from somebody that already has access to the OS. I didn't want to get into the details of how it was done here as I knew this was not a "favorable topic" for details.

This restriction does bug me. We have a pioneer dvr57 and an 810 - both are by pioneer, both are running the same software version, and both have DVD recorders.

Now, given I can record to DVD on both, this might not be a big restriction, but once in a while I can see me wanting to concatenate recordings from both tivos onto one disc.

I don't for one second believe that the two are using a different format for the file. My tivo says this is the case. I'm certain that it is lying - the two recorders are damn near identical. Has anyone tried this with two identical recorders? *curious*

Two 810 models can't record each others shows. This to me tells me that it's a problem with the HMO software unless the stream transfers programs in a different format, hense why I asked my original post. I'm not crazy about hacking my TiVos (mostly due to fear of blowing up the hard drive), but this is a major frustration point for me. Call me crazy but I don't see what exactly TiVo feels this violates when soon you can do it on a PC.

If TiVo Inc would at least say they're fixing this around the same time as Tivo2Go, I'd be happy.

Sorry this has gone off the "hack" topic as I'd love to get into more details on how I believe it can be fixed but I respect the forums restrictions on the manner.